Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 1073 Salami Naval Battle

The next day, Qingji issued an order to march to the Balkan Peninsula.

Arrived in Pusitalia Island.

According to the latest battle report, more than 3 warships of the Greek coalition forces and a navy of about [-] people are stationed on Salamis Island.

On the matter of directly crossing the Aegean Sea, reaching Marathon, or attacking the Greek coalition forces on Salamis Island, Qing Ji hesitated, and the generals also had differences.

Wu Ming frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's better to land in Marathon according to the original plan, and then send troops to the city of Athens. It depends on the first battle."

"The island of Salamis is sandwiched between the Greek peninsula and the Peloponnese peninsula, and is only separated from the Greek peninsula by a strait to the east."

"The Strait of Salamis is narrow and twists and turns, and the widest part is no more than two kilometers."

"Twelve years ago, Xerxes I lost to the Greeks in the naval battle of Salamis. Your Majesty, this is a lesson from the past..."

Hearing this, Qingji nodded his head. This was where he was a little worried.

Back then, King Xerxes I of Persia led an army of 30 troops composed of 1207 peoples and [-] warships, but he was eventually defeated by the Greeks.

The reason is that the Greeks were able to take advantage of their small and flexible ships and operate freely in narrow bays to repeatedly attack the Persian fleet with boarding and ramming battles.

However, the hull of the Persian warship is large and heavy, and it is difficult to operate in the narrow bay.

Of course, Da Wu's warships ranged in size from small to large, and they were actually not afraid to fight the Greeks to the death in the narrow bay.

At this time, Sun Enemy stood up and said to Qingji, "Your Majesty, I thought it was still necessary to defeat the Greeks in Salamis, destroy all their navy, and burn all their warships. !"

"If so many Greek navies are left alone, how our army's follow-up troops will cross the Aegean Sea and land on the Balkan Peninsula is still a difficult problem."

"If the warships of the Greek Allied Forces come out suddenly, our army will be caught off guard."

Hearing this, Qingji nodded, which could be regarded as agreeing with Sun Die's proposition.

Qingji put his eyes on the emperor's grandson Wu Ji and asked, "Wu Ji, what do you think?"

"Grandfather, grandson thinks that this battle must be fought!"

With a resolute expression on his face, Wu Ji said: "My Great Wu's battleship is now equipped with the General Cannon, which is far beyond what the primitive sailing ships of the Greeks can match."

"Even in a decisive battle in a narrow bay, what is there to be afraid of?"

"Didn't our Great Wu navy defeat the Greek coalition fleet in the Aegean Sea last time, and won a complete victory?"

"good."

Qingji thinks Wu Ji's courage is commendable.

Actually, Qingji had nothing to fear.

Flying dragon riding face, the advantage is in me.

How did this make Qingji lose?
……

Under Qingji's order, Wu Ji led [-] warships to gather in the southeast of the Salamis Strait, while Sun Di led [-] warships to the west side of Salamis Island, blocking the exit of the strait. Hold on, ready to catch a turtle in an urn and wipe out the Greek coalition forces.

The Greeks were not to be outdone, and finally launched an unprecedented sea battle with Wu Jun.

The Greek warships were simply long, low triremes of galleys, carrying about forty marines on deck.

But the primary weapon of these warships was the bronze-clad ram below the waterline in the bow.

During the war, there were 150 oarsmen on each warship, sitting on three decks and paddling long oars to push the warship forward, and its speed could exceed seven knots.

This speed gives the warship a huge impact on the angle of ram.

On the side of the Wu army, there are many types of warships. The existing warships include building ships, warships, fighting ships, sea falcons, walkers, yachts, etc. There are also four hundred warships, four hundred patrol boats, Jiujiang-style sentry boats, rowing boats, etc.

The warship belongs to the main warship, and the entire cabin and ship boards are covered with cowhide, which can be used for fire prevention.

Several oar holes are opened on both sides for inserting oar boats and rowing for oarsmen.

There are three layers of cabins above the deck, which are also wrapped in raw cowhide to prevent enemy fire.

There are crossbow windows and spear holes on all four sides of each cabin, which can be used to attack enemies from all directions...

In terms of the performance of the warship, the Wu army is superior to the Greek coalition army in all aspects, and I don't know how many blocks it is.

From the beginning of the naval battle, when the Greek fleet planned to rely on the narrow bay to block the Wu army's fleet, they had already been hit head-on.

"fire!"

Following Wu Ji's order, the command flag was waved, and was conveyed continuously. The General Cannon, which had been loaded long ago, immediately poured out shells one after another.

"Shhhhhh!"

"boom!"

"Boom!"

The shell pierced through the sky and hit the sea surface, causing splashes several meters high.

The Greek warships hit by the shells quickly collapsed like paper.

There are deafening cannons everywhere, and the flames are soaring into the sky!
Some of the Greek warships hit by the shells were not smashed, but they had already caught fire, burning the people on board before they had time to escape.

The powerful general of the Wu people made the Greek fleet suffer a lot.

Before the two armies came into contact, dozens of warships were sunk on the side of the Greek fleet, with thousands of casualties...

How to fight this battle?
The Greeks, who had never seen the power of artillery, were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were torn apart, and they had lost their courage.

After a series of fire coverage, the Greek fleet suffered heavy losses, fell into the sea and struggled non-stop. The Greek soldiers who wanted to escape were directly shot and killed by passing Wu soldiers.

The originally azure sea surface was instantly stained red with blood, and there were many Greek corpses and boards formed by broken warships floating on the sea surface.

Although the loss was huge at the beginning, in order to defend their homeland, the Greek soldiers still fought hard, paddling their warships, and headed towards Wu Jun's fleet desperately.

However, the strength of Wu's navy is not limited to relying on the general's cannon.

"Line up!"

"Fire arrows!"

Following Wu Ji's order, the Wu warriors on the deck of each warship shot dense arrows at the enemy facing them.

Wu Jun's hand crossbows, kicking crossbows, and bed crossbows have a longer range and stronger lethality than the Greek bows and arrows.

Another face to face.

"Shhhhhh!"

The crossbow arrows from the sky fell head-on, and the Greeks caught off guard could only passively hold their shields, trying to protect themselves, but more people couldn't stop them. Flew out and died.

Finally, the warships of the Greeks finally got closer to Wu Jun's fleet, but the rockets they fired could not damage Wu Jun's warships, and could not ignite the fire. Instead, their warships suffered heavy losses.

Relying on the strong warship and the racket mounted on the warship, Wu Jun's ships went on a rampage, crushing one enemy ship after another with the racket, or smashing the enemy ship to pieces.

This is a naval battle that does not match the strength at all.

(End of this chapter)